|P 370 

013 
ICopy 1 



Lrouisiana 

Its History, B^esources 
and Industrial Progress. 



Year Book of the 

Oak Leaf Club 

COUSHATTA, LA. 
1904. 



Orsanized. 1897. 

Charter Member of Louisiana State Federation, 1899. 

Member of General Federation of Clubs. 1901. 



Program prepared by 
Mrs. Martha C. Wells, 2500 Stevens Ave. 

MINNEAPOLIS. Mr.Nr. 



Copyright 1904 by 
Mrs. Martha C. Wells. 







LIBRARY of CONGRESS 


Two Cepies Received 


JAM 2 1904 




^\_ Copyright Entry 
CLASS oo XXc. No. 

"7 s t^ J" .r 

' COPY S 





Oak Leaf Club 



Coushatta, La. 



Presidsnts since Organizations of Club 



Mrs. J. D. Wilkinson. 1897-9 
Mrs. W. a. Wilkinson. 1901-2 



Mrs. S. D. McGoldrick, 1900 
Miss Fanny Wolfson, 1903 



OFFICERS FOK 1904 

Miss Fanny Wolfson President 

Mrs. W. H. SCHEEN First Vice-President 

Mrs. T. W. Nettles Second Vice-President 

Miss Mattie Stanfill Secretary 

M rs. E. R. Stothart Treasurer 

M RS. Lewis B. Guthrie ' Librarian 



YEAR BOOK COMMITTEE 



Mrs. T. W. Nettles 



Mrs. W. H. Screen 



Mrs. W. a. Wilkinson. 



Meetings semi-monthly on First and Third Mondays. 



Snuifiiana; JltB ifiatnr^, Ufaourrra a«Ji SnJiuatnal 
JPro^r^aa. 

"This is the land we love, our heritage."— i?o6^r/ Bridges. 

Jprugram 1904. 

"From ancient gloom emerged the rising world of trade."— T'Aow.roM. 

/. 

1. Geography of the Mississippi Valley. 

2. Map Talk: Physical Features of Louisiana. Coast, 

Islands, Climate, Soil. 

3. The Mississippi River; Delta, Levees, Jetties, Scenery. 

4. Early Spanish and French Explorers. 
Leader, Mis.s F. Wolfson. 

//. 

'Their names are on your waters."— ^rj. Sis^ourney. 

1. French Settlements and Colonial Governors. 

2. Romance and Pathos of early Years. 

3. Geographical Nomenclature and Meaning. 

4. French Language and Colonial Literature in Louisiana. 

5. The Natches Indians. 
Leader, Mrs. T. W. Nettles. 

"They builded better than they knew." 

1. French Rulers and Attitude towards the Colonists. 

2. Mississippi Bubble. 

3. Colonial and early Education, School Funds, Historians. 

4. Choctaws and Chickasaws, their Warfare. 

5. Importation of Slaves. 
Leader, Mrs. W. H. Scheen. 



IV. 

" Alone the shores of the mournful and misty Atlantic linger a 

few Acadian peasants."— Zowfi'/^/Zoze/'j Evaneeline. 

1. Story of Acadia, from Evangeline. 
Acadians in Louisiana. 

2. Origin of the Judiciary. Eminent Jurists. 

3. Ecclesiastical Districts and Schools, Ursuline Nuns. 

4. State Forests and their Industries. Game Laws. 
Leader, Mrs. S. D. McGoldrick. 

V. 
■'Long lay the ocean paths from man concea.\ed."—MoniS'Ofner}'. 

1. A glance at Spain during her Colonial Domination. 

2. Progress in the Colonies under Spanish Governors. 

3. British Invasions, Aid in the American Revolution. 

4. Modes of Transportation. Fisheries. 

5. Spanish Capuchins and Nuns. 
Leader, Mrs. W. A. Wilkinson. 

VI. 
"New occasions teach new duties."— Z,om/^//. 

1. France One Hundred Years ago, 1800-03. 
Louisiana, Receded to France. 

2. Louisiana Purchased by the U. S., Treaty and Terms. 

!a. Napoleon, his Motives. 
d. Barbe Marbois, Minister of France. 
c. Jefferson, Livingston, Monroe. 

4. Territorial Boundaries, Lewis and Clark Expedition. 

5. Statehood, 1812, Constitution, Early Governors. 
Leader, Mrs. L. M. Howard. 

VII. 

"The Crescent City." 

1. New Orleans, Name, Founding, Early History. 

2. Plan, Chief Buildings, Manufactories, Squares and 

Statues. 

3. Docks, Shipping, Banks, Cotton Exchange. 

4. Mardi Gras, ''Purchase" Centennial 1903, Cotton 

Exposition. 

5. Environs, Scenery, Pleasure Resorts. 
Leader, Miss Mamie Carter. 



VIII. 

"To every American citizen some knowledge of his country is indis- 
pcnsih\c."—J?td/>aih. 

1. Philanthropic Institutions and Philanthropists. 

2. Universities, Colleges and State Institutions. 

3. Schools for Colored People. 

4. Museums, Libraries, L,earned Societies. 

5. Parish Divisions, Rural Populations and Schools. 
Leader, Miss Mattie Stanfill. 

IX. 

"Low lies that land, yet blest with fruitful stores. 
Strong are her sons." 

1. Louisiana in the War of 1812-15. 

2. Military Record in the Mexican War. 

3. Civil War; Campaigns, in Teche and Trans-Mississ- 

ippi Department. 

4. Distinguished Leaders. 

5. Louisiana in the Spanish-American War. 
Leader, Mrs. Paul Lisso. 

X. 

"Is not this the very poetry of Louisiana landscape?"— G^ayarr?. 

1. Cotton Culture, Importance of the Cotton Gin. 

2. Rice Fields, Cereals, Preparation for Market. 

3. Sugar Cane, Refineries. 

4. Fruits, Flowers. 

5. Plantation Life in Hall and Cabin. Southern Melodies. 
Leader, Mrs. M. Cockerham. 

XI. 

"He alone deserves to succeed, who has faith in himself and his own 
state."— I^or Her. 

1. State Capital and Cities. 

2. Periodicals and Journalists. 

3. French and Spanish Creoles, their Dialect. 

4. Customs and Superstitions. 

5. Audubon, Native Birds. 

Leader, Mrs. Abbie McClelland. 



XII. 

"What a field for romaticer and poet."— Gay ar re. 

1. Poets and Novelists. 

2. Representative Literary Women. 

3. History of Louisiana State Federation of Clubs 

{Civic Improvement. 
Education. 
Libraries. 
5. Southern Hospitality. Stately Homes, 
Leader, Miss Wolfson. 

XIU. 

"Labor is discovered to be the great conqueror, enriching and building 
up nations."— Channins". 

1. Louisiana at the Opening" of the Twentieth Century. 

2. Louisiana at the World's Fair in St. Louis. 

3. Louisiana as an Emporium of Trade and Commerce. 

4. The Isthmian Canal, its Significance to the Mississippi 

Valley. 
Leader, Mrs. W. H. Scheen. 



Necessary lor the Program. 

History of Louisiana (4 Vols J Gayarre 

Louisiana Studies Fortier 

The Louisiana Purchase Hosmer 

Short History of Mississippi Valley Hosmer 

History of New Orleans Grace Kitig 

Geographical Nomenclature of Louisiana 

Magazifie of American History, Sept. 1883 

Evangeline Lo?igfellow 

Country Life in America Dec. 1903 

March of Events World's Work Magazi7ie 1903 

Panama and the Canal Tresity . .Review of Review, Dec. 1903 

Desirable References for Library. 

Discovery of America Fiske 

Narrative and Critical History of America Winsor 

History of Louisiana Barebe-Marbois 

Parkman's Histories 

History of France Duruy 

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War 

Birds of America, also Quadrupeds Audubon 

History of Louisiana Martin 

The Creoles of History and Romance Gayarre 

Life of Andrew Jackson Walker 

Military Operations of General Beauregard Romaii 

Military Record of Louisiana Bartlett 

New Orleans and Environs Norman 

On the Plantation Grace King 

Historic Waterways Thwaites 

Louisiana Journal of Education 

Opening of the Lower Mississippi.. Century Magazine, 1885 
Lewis and Clark ( Riverside Series j Lighton 



Mtmbnsl)ip IGiat. 



'Here is the scroll for every name."— Shakespeare. 



Miss Mamie Carter 
Mrs. A. McClelland 
Mrs. Mageie Cockerham 
Mrs. Lewis B. Guthrie 
Mrs. L. M. Howard 
Mrs. Paul Lisso 
Mrs. B. W. Marston 
Mrs. John Marston 
Mrs. Lizzie McGoldrick 



Mrs. S. D. McGoldrick 
Mrs. T. W. Nettles 
Mrs.W. H.Scheen 
Miss Mattie Stanfill 
Mrs. E. R. Stothart 
Mrs. C. Weir 
Mrs. W. A. Wilkinson 
Miss Fannie Wolfson 



